24/08/2005

Roman Polanski, Patrice Chéreau, François Ozon, Radu Mihaileanu, Michael Haneke: several stars of French production in 2005 will be in the frame at the 30th Toronto Film Festival which runs from the 8th to the 17th of September and which revealed yesterday its complete line-up. Among the 335 features and shorts from 52 countries are 25 films produced or co-produced by France. Among them, Oliver Twist, the new film by Roman Polanski will be screened in the section Special Presentations alongside two features selected for official competition at the Venice Mostra (Vers Le Sud [+see also:
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interview: Laurent Cantet
interview: Robin Campillo
interview: Simon Arnal-Szlovak
film profile] by Laurent Cantet and Les amants réguliers by Philippe Garrel) and Entre ses mains by Anne Fontaine.

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As for the Masters section, it includes three French co-productions honoured at the Cannes festival, (Caché [+see also:
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interview: Margaret Menegoz
interview: Michael Haneke
film profile] by Michael Haneke, Free Zone [+see also:
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film profile] by Amos Gitaï and L'Enfant [+see also:
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interview: Luc & Jean-Pierre Dardenne
film profile] by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne), while the Gala screenings include L'Enfer [+see also:
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film profile] by Danis Tanovic and the EuropaCorp co-production, The three burials of Mesquiades Estrada by Tommy Lee Jones. Elsewhere, no less than five features produced or co-produced by France will take part in the Visions section: La trahison [+see also:
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film profile] by Philippe Faucon, L'annulaire by Diane Bertrand, Un couple parfait by Nobuhiro Suwa (honoured recently at Locarno), Attente by Rashid Masharawi and Gabrielle [+see also:
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film profile] by Patrice Chéreau (selected in official competition for Mostra.

The section Contemporary World Cinema for its part offers 9 films from France: Va, vis et deviens [+see also:
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interview: Denis Carot
interview: Didar Domehri
interview: Radu Mihaileanu
film profile] by Radu Mihaileanu, Douches Froides [+see also:
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film profile] by Antony Cordier, Gentille by Sophie Fillières, Backstage by Emmanuelle Bercot (selected out of competition at Venice), Battle in Heaven [+see also:
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interview: Carlos Reygadas
interview: Jean Labadie
film profile] by Carlos Reygadas, Marock by Laïla Marrakchi, Paradise Now [+see also:
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film profile] by Hany Abu-Assad, Le temps qui reste [+see also:
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film profile] by François Ozon and À travers la forêt by Jean-Paul Civeyrac. Finally, to conclude this revealing insight into the diversity of French cinema, the line-up for Discovery includes A Perfect Day by Lebanese duo Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige.

(Translated from French)